The Russellville Democrat., 1887-01-26

There fe quite strong pressure ,eina brought to bear upon the President in be- half of Thomas Whitticken oi Missouri for the Chief Justiceship of Washington Terri are very good, and that the appointment will be made in a few days.
 -The opposition to the pension bill for Mrs. Logan has assumed such fornidhbls proportions that it's passage by the House feat of the Logan bill the bill for Mrs. Blair will share the same fate.
 The House--yeas, 113; nays, 137--re- fused to take up the interstate commerce conference report to the exclusion of mo- ton to suspend rules.
 Patents have been granted Missouri in. ventors as follows: Jean Jameton, St. Louis, com position for blackboards; .Iamee c. McCandliss. Barnard, washing machine James F. Smith, Andrew county. steering apparatus for traction engines.
 The bill reported from the committee on finance by Senator Merrill for the relieI of depositors of the Freedman's bank ol Washington contains clause which pro. vides that only the depositors or their legal heirs shall be entitled to the benefits of the bill; but that assignees of the depos- ltOrs snail not De.
 Among those who will be benefited by the Mexican pensions bill are Messrs. Nor rison, Forney, Viele and Negley of the house, and Mir. John Rome. the door, keeper at the main entrance of the house, who was q drummerboy and lost an arm. Senator Maxey is now the only senator who was an officer during that war The late Senator Logan was Mir. Maxey's com rade in arms m the Mexican campaign.
 In Jasper county Timothy T. rranger was seriously shot by Jourdan Jacobs.
 W. H. Rhoades, a brakeman, lost his right leg by q railway accident at Pleasant Hill.
 --Alonxo Mckenzie, car-driver of St. Joseph, killed W. H. Long. passenger, with a poker.
 A farmer named Schuesler Of Franklin county, was victimized out of $500 by q supposed friend named Schaltz.
 --ComptrolIer Durham oi the Treasury sent 2 letter to the Sergeant-at-Arms oi the House ordering him to stop the pay oi Congressman Wade of Missouri and Curtin of Pennsylvania upon the grounds that they each are indebted to the Government with unsettled accounts, the former while Lieutenant-Colonel of the Thirty first Ohio Regiment during the war, and the latter aa Minister to Russia. Mir. Wade, the Comp troller claims, owes the Government about $400, while Curtin is a debtor to the ex- tent of about $500.
 Congressman Sunset" Cox is re garded by his physicians as being in great danger. He is very sick, in fact, much worse than the public have any knowledge of. He is daily growing weaker and his nearest friends are exceeding apprehensive, First blood for the submissionists was scored in the Missouri House of representa- tives Monday in the passage of the Church resolution.
 "A favorable report on Bashaw's nomi- nation for United States district attorney was authorized Monday by the senate Ju- dietary committee.
 -Boonville has sent delegration to Jef- ferson City to lobby for the state capital removal, having set up active competition with Sedalia.
 Resolutions asking an investigation ol the charges against Auditor Walker were adopted by the house of representatives at Jefferson City Monday.
 Republicans oi the Missouri legislature held a secret" caucus Monday night on prohibition.
 The name of the post office in Lawrence county, Arkansas known as Uno, has been changed to Lindsay.
 Senator Coekrell filed petition signed by eighty citizens of Carrollton, Mo, asking for the passage of the pleuro-pneumonis bill.
 Senator Vest filed petition Wednes. day urging the repeal of the internal reve. nue taxes signed ny Myer Bros drug com. pany of Kansas City.
 -The comptroller Of the currency has authorized the First National bank oI Beaver City. Ncb., to begin business with a capital of $50, ,0o0.
 Tt is understood that Col D. F. Dyer is on his way to Washington and will be there for n conference with the attorney-general about the St. Louis prosecutions.
 FOREIGN.